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Linear Regression
Census Data/Mapping
Cluster Analysis
Difference in Difference Models
Regression Discontinuity
Fixed Effects
Instrumental Variables
Data Visualization
Quanteda

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Last updated on 2022-06-18.

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Kara Brick

“Here to work on diverse teams to develop enlightened processes and outcomes.”

Education

M.S., Program Evaluation and Data Analytics

Arizona State University

Phoenix, AZ

2022 - 2020

  • Applied Project: Interactive dashboard displaying data analysis, visualizations and narratives of Boston concerning suicide, PTSD, race, and unemployment.
  • Graduating August 2022

B.S., Medical Laboratory Science

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, AR

2013 - 2012

  • Clinical Laboratory Science Training

Research Experience

Research Assistant

The Carter Center Mental Health Office

Monrovia, Liberia

2019 - 2018

  • Co-coordinated and organized workshops in neuroscience, mental health and trauma-informed teaching for high school teachers.
  • Co-facilitator, grant-writer, PI, co-trainer and co-author
  • Data collector and field foordinator for a team of senior researchers

Peace Corps Volunteer Leader

Peace Corps Liberia

Monrovia, Liberia

2019 - 2018

  • Trained and monitored incoming and junior volunteers on issues regarding culture shock, whiteness in a new context, interracial peer support, trauma-informed teaching and literacy.
  • Co-wrote curricula, facilitated group sessions and one-on-one discussions with incoming trainees.

Industry Experience

Adult Literacy Class Co-Founder

Peace Corps Liberia

Barclayville, Liberia

2019 - 2017

  • Evaluated community needs, trained teachers in adult literacy, monitored and retrained teachers over 2 years
  • Adapted curricula and co-taught night literacy class in a low-resource community
  • Prinicipal Investigator on USAID Grant. Amount: $3,000

Peer Support Network Committee Member

Peace Corps LIberia

Grand Kru County, Liberia

2019 - 2016

  • Supported peer, trainee and junior volunteers through active listening, supportive feedback, visits, phone calls, texts and voice notes




Teaching Experience

Literacy Teacher Trainer

Let’s Read Literacy Program

Liberia

2019 - 2017

  • Adapted and designed curricula, procured funding and coordinated logistics for a series of literacy workshops for elementary school teachers
  • Coordinated and performed follow-up observation and feedback for local teachers
  • Co-facilitated and co-coordinated a series of workshops all over Liberia in low-resource communities

Neuroscience Teacher Trainer

The Carter Center Mental Health Office in Partnership with BrainU Lab

Monrovia, Liberia

2019 - 2018

  • Trained trainers and teachers in neuroscience and mental health and trauma-informed teaching
  • Topics included long and short term potentiation, feedback loops, neural pathways, memory formation, epigenetics, relationship-building and growth mindset
  • Co-wrote and adapted sessions for Liberian context.

Dashboard Sample: Shiny Dashboard

Selected Publications and Posters

Tiered Neuroscience and Mental Health Professional Development in Liberia Improves Teacher Self-Efficacy, Self-Responsibility, and Motivation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The Carter Center/University of Minnesota

2021 - 2021

  • Worked with a multidisciplinary team to publish a peer-reviewed academic article about research conducted on cross-cultural neuroscience education: Mental Health results.

Training-of-Trainers Neuroscience and Mental Health Teacher Education in Liberia Improves Self-Reported Support for Students

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The Carter Center/University of Minnesota

2021 - 2021

  • Worked with a multidisciplinary team to publish a peer-reviewed academic article about research conducted on cross-cultural neuroscience education: Education results.

Tiered Neuroscience and Mental Health Professional Development in Liberia Improves Teacher Self-Efficacy, Self-Responsibility and Motivation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The Carter Center/University of Minnesota

2021 - 2020

  • Published
  • Co-Author
  • Collected data, co-coordinated dual interventions in a low resource setting

Training-of-Trainers Neuroscience and Mental Health Teacher Education in Liberia

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

The Carter Center/University of Minnesota

2021 - 2020

  • Published
  • Co-Author
  • Collected data, co-coordinated dual interventions in a low resource setting

Poster: Lessons from Training Liberian Public School Teachers in Neuroscience

19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry

World Psychiatric Association

2019 - 2019

  • Contributing author with Dubinsky, J., PhD, Cooper, J., PhD, Mason, L. C.

Poster: The Power of Neuroscience to Change Teacher Attitudes and Practice in Liberia

Memory, Trauma and Human Rights at the Crossroads of Art and Science: A conference

University of Minnesota

2019 - 2019

  • Contributing author with Dubinsky, J., PhD, Cooper, J., PhD, Mason, L. C., and Faeflen, S.